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Members of Kohima Law College posing for a photograph at Jakhama village during their campaign on citizens’ rights and duties at the Jakhama Baptist Church on July 29.[/caption]
Professor in-charge Kezhokhoto Savi of Kohima Law College issued a press release on Sunday informing about the event.
While presenting their topics, the resourced persons stated that of all the topics, the public service delivery system was yet to be introduced in Nagaland. The Nagaland Voluntary Consumers’ Organization had launched the Public Services Delivery campaign during the 2016 Vigilance Awareness Week with an appeal to the state government to introduce similar legislations for effective public services delivery to its citizens in the state. It would also curb corruption in the state government and its functionaries, the press release stated.
“Why it is important and necessary in Nagaland? This Act/Law aimed to reduce corruption among the government officials and to increase transparency and public accountability. Currently, public officials and civil servants are considered as one of the troubled sections of our society due to their slow and painful process in performing their duties,” the press release stated.
As a result, the updates said, the common man, who is entitled to avail ‘hassle-free public services and information’ has to face a lot of problems and pay bribes to avail the needed public services.
“And this is one of the Parliament Act which guaranteed ‘time-bound’ delivery of various public services rendered to citizens and provides mechanism for punishing the errant public servant if they are deficient in providing the stipulated services,” the campaigners stated.
The campaigners cited as instance Madhya Pradesh. Madhya Pradesh became the first state in India to enact the Right to Services Act on 18th August, 2010 and many other states had also enacted this similar Act. In Bihar, services include police verification report for passport (seven days); post-mortem report (three days); caste certificate(within a fortnight); education, road transport, driving license, banking services, kisan credit card, ration card, FIR enquiry, health, food and civil supplies, social welfare and power, etc.
The faults in electricity connection will set right within four hours, the press release stated.
“Now people will no longer need to run around offices and grease the palms of employees to get their work done after this act. Thus, this Act makes government officials accountable and help the government weed out corruption from the grassroots level to the top,” the campaigners stated.